GB2207028A - Horizontal deflection circuit avoids side-effects of increased video loading - Google Patents

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- 1 "HORIZONTAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR TELEVISION RECEIVER" This invention

relates to a horizontal output circuit in use with a television receiver, and more particularly, to the improvements of a horizontal output circuit for a television receiver, which has a correcting property of the called horizontal pincushion distortion, and is tree from the raster distortion.

When considering the deflection of cathode ray tubes (CRT) used for, for example, norm.al color television receivers and display monitors, the radius of curvature of the fluorescent screen of the CRT is not equal to the distance from the deflection center to the screen. The noncoincidence of these centers causes the raster on the screen to be distorted in a pincushion fashion. This type of raster distortion is usually corrected by increasing the horizontal amplitude toward the center of the vertical scanning. To be more specific, this correction is made by parabolically amplitude modulating an envelope of the horizontal deflecting current at the vertical periods.

The circuit arrangement of a horizontal output circuit with the pincushion correcting property will be described. A drive pulse signal varying at the horizontal periods is applied to the base of a horizontal output transistor. A damper diode and a resonant ca,)acit--)r are coupled across the collector-emitter path of the transistor. A horizontal deflecting coil and a DC blocking capacitor called the S-distortion correcting capacitor are connected in parallel with a series cir cuit of the primary coil of a first transformer. The collector of the transistor is connected to a DC power source, through the primary coil of a second trans former. The first transformer is for correcting the horizontal pincushion distottion, with the drive coil to which a parabolic drive current at the vertical periods is fed. To form the drive current, the voltage in the vertical deflecting coil is integrated by an integrating circuit for wave shaping, and finally fed to the drive coil. The second transformer as a flyback transformer is connected in such a way that the secondary coil is supplies a high voltage through a rectifier circuit to the anode of the CRT.

In the horizontal output circuit thus arranged, when the parabolic current at the vertical periods is fed to the primary coil of the drive coil, inductance of the primary coil connected in series to the horizontal deflecting coil varies in a parabolic fashion, thereby amplitude modulate the envelope of the horizontal deflection current at the vertical periods.

The horizontal output circuit using the correcting transformer, however, involves some problems to be solved. For a large correction, the inductance of the primary coil of the first transformer must be varied greatly. This results in increase of a ripple component contained in the high voltage, which comes through the high voltage rectifier in the secondary coil of the fly- back transformer. This ripple causes the raster distortion. Further, the horizontal deflection current may saturate the correcting transformer. The saturation leads possibly to degradation of the horizontal linearity performance and nonuniformity of the correcting 10 amount in the horizontal direction.

Ihen a white signal as a video signal is received, the load current in the secondary coil of the flyback transformer (second transformer) increases, so that the increased amount of the current flows through the primary coil. This adversely effects the horizontal deflection current.

The adverse effect appears in the reproduced picture such that when a cross pattern, for example, is received, the vertical bar following reproduction of the white horizontal bar is horizontally bent. A voltage drop resulting from the load current increase the called trapezoidal distortion. In the distortion, the bottom line extend outward, giving the shaDe of a trapezoid.

Another horizontal output circuit with a correcting property of horizontal pincushion distortion is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,906, 305 (Japanese Patent Publication (Kokoku) No. 39102/57).The arrangement of i is this circuit is shown in Fig. 1. In the figure, a pulse signal at the horizontal periods is applied to the base of horizontal output transistor Tr. The collectoremitter pa th of this transistor is coupled in parallel with a series circuit consisting of first and second damper diodes D1 and D2, which are connected with the polarity as shown, and another series circuit consisting of first and second resonant capacitors Cr and Cr'.

Further, capacitor Cr is connected across a series cir cuit consisting of horizontal deflecting coil Ly and S distortion correcting capacitor Cs. Capacitor Cr' is connected across a series circuit consisting of coil Ll and capacitor Cl. Power source from DC power source E is supplied to the collector of transistor Tr via the primary coil Lo of transformer T1. Modulating source fl is connected across capacitor Cl. Modulating source 1,1 supplies a vertical pulse signal as received, to the base of transistor Tr', via drive stage Dr'. A control path of The control signal is applied across capacitor Cl, to control horizontal deflection current iy for correcting the horizontal pincushion distortion.

The operation of the horizontal output circuit thus arranged will be described referring to Figs. 2k through 2C. At the start of the scanning period tl to t4, damper diodes D1 and D2 are conductive, so that the signal appearing across the callector-emitter transistor Tr' varies in a parabolic fashion.

is circuit operation enters a damping phase or period ranging from tl to t2. During the damping period, the voltages across first and second Sdistortion correcting capacitors Cs and Cl are respectively applied to coils Ly and Ll. These voltages cause saw-tooth wave currents to flow these coils, respectively. The current flowing through coil Ly is horizontal deflecting current iy, Before the operation reaches the midpoint of the scanning period, a control signal (on-pulse) is supplied to the base of transistor Tr, and then transistor Tr is turned on. At the mid-point, the direction of the coil current is reversed. When current iy is larger than the current il flowing through coil Ll, the current iY flows through transistor Tr. A difference of these currents iy - il flows through diode D2. At this time, diode D1 is not conductive. In the reverse case where current il is larger than current iy, a current amounting to current il flows through transistor Tr. A difference between these current il - iy flows through diode Dj. Diode D2 is not conductive. At the end of the scanning period, trans'istor Tr is turned off, and diodes D1 and D2 thus far conductive are not conductive. Operation enters a blanking phase or period ranging from to to tl. Therefore, the current flowing into transistor Tr flows into resonant capacitors Cr and Cr'. A voltage appears across the series circuit consisting of resonant capacitors Cr and Crl. The waveform of this voltage resembles 1 a sinusoidal waveform. As this voltage returns to zeror diodes D1 and D2 are both conductive, and the next scanning starts.

As already mentioned, the time period to to tl is the blanking period. Time period tl to t2 is the damping period- Time period tl to t4 is the scanning period. Assuming that an AC current flowing through the primary coil of flyback transformer Tl is ip, a DC current flowing therethrough is 'in, an AC current flowing through coil Ll is il, the sum of these currents in + il + iin is a saw-tooth wave current, as shown in Fig. 2A. When a rectangular wave video signal of white is supplied to the CRT display, a white peak current flows through the secondary coil of flyback transformer T1, so that DCcurrent flowing through the primary coil of transformer Tl increases. At time point t2 before time point t3 that the on-pulse as shown in Fig. 2B is applied to the base of horizontal output transistor Tr, if the current (i p + il + iin) flowing into damper diode D2 becomes zero, diode D2 is turned off during the period t2 to t3 (discontinuous period). Discontinuous pulse el as shown in Fig. 2C is observed in the voltage Vcr' across second resonance capacitor Cr'. The pulse el pulls down the average value 'Vcs of the voltage Vcs across S-distortion correcting capacitor Cs. This is because Vcs + "7cr E. Accordingly, when the white rectangular wave signal is supplied to the CRT display, i and the signal level exceeds a predetermined value, the horizontal output circuit responds to this and voltage Vcs gradually drops. The gradual voltage drop gives an inversed trapezoidal distortion, or a keystone distortion, in which the bottom line compressed inward. The shape of the distorted figure is the inversion of that as caused by the horizontal output circuit using the correcting transformer.

The horizontal output circuit contains first and second circuitries. The first circuitry consists of horizontal deflecting coil Ly, first resonant capacitor Cr, first damper diode D1, which are coupled in paral lel. The second circuitry consists of coil Ll, second resonant capacitor CrI, and second damper diode D2, is which are also coupled in parallel. The scanning periods of the first and second circuitries must be terminated simultaneously. Therefore, the constants of these circuitries must be selected so as to satisfy LY x Cr = Ll x Cr'. Practically, however, it is very difficult to select those constants so as to satisfy the above relation and to secure the screen linearity correction (pincushion distortion correction).

As described above, in the conventional horizontal output circuit using the distortion correcting transformer, when a large correction is required, the raster distortion due to the high-voltage ripple occurs. Addi tionally, the correcting transformer may be saturated, so that the screen linearity is damaged. Further, when a white signal is received, the bending of the image or is the trapezoidal distortion occur.

In the circuit that the first and second circuit -ries are connected to the horizontal output transistor, the modulating source M at the vertical periods is used An place of the correcting transformer, when it receives a white signal, a discontinuous phenomena occurs, so that the inversed trapezoidal distortion occurs or the circuit constant selection is difficult.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a horizontal output circuit with a pincushion distortion correcting property, which never causes any type of raster and image distortion.

According to this invention, there is provided a horizontal output circuit to be used with a television receiver, comprising a horizontal output transistor having a base, an emitter, and a collector, the base being coupled for reception with a drive pulse signal having negative peaks recurring at the horizontal scanning periods, and the collector being coupled through a first choke coil to a DC power source, a first series circuit coupled between the collector and the emitter of the horizontal output transistor, the first series circuit including a first coil and a first capacitor, a first parallel circuit coupled between the collector i i 1 1 1 j i - i and the emitter of said horizontal output transistor, the first parallel circuit being a second series circuit including a first rectifying element and a second capacitor, a second parallel circuit coupled between the emitter of the horizontal output transistor and a reference potential point, the second parallel circuit including a second rectifying element and a third capacitor, and the second rectifying element being coupled back-to-back with the first rectifying ele- ment, smoothing circuit coupled across the third capacitor of the second parallel circuit, the smoothing circuit including a second choke coil and a fourth capacitor, and modulating means coupled in parallel with said fourth capacitor of said smoothing circuit.

The manner in which the foregoing and other objects of the present invention are accompanying specification and claims considered together with the drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a circuit diagram of a conventional hori-. zontal output circuit having no distortion correcting transformer; Figs. 2A through 2C show a set of waveforms useful in explaining the operation of the Fig. 1 circuit; Fig. 3 shows a view for illustrating in block and schematic form a color television circuit incorporating a horizontal output circuit according to a first - embodiment of this invention; Fig. 4 shows a waveforms for explaining the operation of Fig. 3 circuit; Figs. 52k and 5B show a waveform of the voltage at node P1 and a waveform across an S-distortion correcting capacitor, respectively; Fig. 6 shows a waveform of a parabolically modulated horizontal deflecting current; and Figs. 7 and 8 respectively show views for illus- trating in block and schematic form color television circuits incorporating horizontal output circuits according to second and third embodiments of this invention.

Some specific embodiments of the present invention will be described referring to the accompanying drawings.

Reference is first made to Fig. 3 illustrating a configuration of a television receiver incorporating a horizontal output circuit according to a first embodiment of the present invention. A television signal is received by antenna 12, selected by high-frequency (RF) processing circuit 14 such as a tuner, and is amplified by intermediate frequency (IF) processing circuit 16. The amplified signal is applied through video detecting circuit 18 to color decoder 20 for reproducing color signals. The three reproduced primary color signals are supplied to color picture tube 22.

is 1 i i is The output signal of video detecting circuit 18 is supplied to sync separator circuit 24. A vertical signal separated from the television signal by sync separator circuit 24 drives vertical oscillation circuit 26, which in turn oscillates to produce a signal. The output signal of vertical oscillation circuit 26 drives vertical output circuit 28. This circuit 28 supplies a vertical deflection current to a vertical deflecting coil (not shown). k horizontal synchronizing signal separated from the television signal by sync separator circuit 24 excites horizontal drive circuit 30 so that it outputs a signal. This output signal of horizontal drive circuit 30 is supplied to the primary coil of drive transformer T1. The secondary coil of drive transformer Tl is connected to horizontal output circuit 32.

An arrangement of this horizontal output circuit 32 will be described.

A drive pulse signal varying at the horizontal periods is derived from drive transformer Tl and is applied to the base of horizontal output transistor Tr. The emitter-collector path (between nodes P1 and P2) Of this transistor Tr is connected across damper diode Dd and resonant capacitor Cr. The emitter-collector path is further connected in parallel with a series circuit containing horizontal deflecting coil Ly and DC blocking capacitor Cs called the S-distortion correcting 2-5 capacitor. The collector of transistor Tr is connected to DC power source E, via either the primary coil or the choke coil, of flyback transformer T2. A parallel circuit containing diode Dll and capacitor C11 is connected between the emitter (node P1) of transistor Tr and an earth point (reference potential point). Diodes Dll and Dd are connected backto-back, with the cathode of diode Dll being connected to the earth point.

Capacitor C11 is connected across a series circuit containing smoothing coil L11 and smoothing capacitor d12. This capacitor C12 is coupled in parallel with modulating source TI. In modulating source TI, a parabolic waveform signal supplied from the vertical output stage is applied through drive stage DrI to the base of transistor Tr'. The collector of transistor Tr' is connected to the node between coil L11 and capacitor C12. The emitter of the transistor is connected to the earth point.

DC power source E is coupled in parallel with decoupling capacitor C13 for supplying power thereto. The secondary coil of flyback transformer T2 is coupled with the anode of color picture tube 22 via rectifying diode 34 and capacitor 36 which has a smoothing function.

The operation of the horizontal output circuit thus arranged and contained in the television receiver will be described.

1 At the beginning of the scanning period, damper diode Dd and diode Dll are rendered conductive, to allow the voltage which has been charged in Sdistortion correcting capacitor Cs by power source E, to go to horizontal deflecting coil Ly. During the damping period, horizontal deflection current iy and discharge current iD flow through a path containing coil Ly and damper diode Dd. In a time interval from the end of the damping period to the mid-point of the scanning period, an on-pulse is applied to the base of horizontal output transistor Tr, so that current iy may flows therethrough.

At the mid-point of the scanning period, electric energy is transferred to S-distortion correcting capaci-.

is tor Cs and capacitor C12r from power supply E. At the second half of the scanning period, capacitor Cs serves as a power source, so that the direction of current iy can be reversed. Reversed current iy' continues to flow until the scanning period has ended. When transistor Tr is turned off, the base drive of transistor Tr stops and the scanning period ends. At this time, the operation of horizontal output circuit 32 enters a parallel reso nance mode. In this mode, the energy which has been stored in the coils Ly and L11 and in the primary coil of flyback transformer T2, is carried in the form of current iy into resonant capacitor Cr, and in the form of current iD' as the reversed current iD into is capacitor C11, for charging these capacitors. At the end of the charging operation for the capacitors, current iy begins to flow from capacitor Cr to coil Ly, thereby establishing the blanking period.

At the mid-point of the blanking period, the energy of the coil is completely transferred to the resonant capacitor, providing a maximum voltage. During the second half of the blanking period, the current flow direction is reversed, and the energy of the resonant capacitor is discharged through the coils. After the energy has been discharged through the coils, the current i y' as the reversed deflection current iv is maximized. At the end of the blanking period, damper diode Dd is rendered conductive and the next scanning period begins.

The sum of AC current ip and DC current iin flows through the parallel circuit made up of capacitor C11 and diode Dll in the horizontal output circuit. This sum current is fed from the primary coil of flyback transformer T2 and power source E. A variation of the voltage Vc11 across capacitor C11 within the horizontal scanning period is shown in Fig. 4. During the positive period (tll to t12), the sum current of ip and iin flows through diode D11 to the earth point, while no current flows through capacitor C11. During the negative period (tlO to tll), diode Dll is turned off, and the voltage across capacitor C11 is a negative voltage (-Vcll). The - is - sum of the average value --Vcs of the voltage -Vcll and the average value -7es of the voltage Vcs across S distortion correcting capacitor Cs is equal to power source voltage E; + (-:V_c11) = E.

If a current path is formed of smoothing choke coil L11 and capacitor C12, and modulating source M dis charges current iD, the voltage across capacitor C11 causes the discharge iD to flow through the current path. As a result, the voltage -Vcll, having a voltage potential before the discharge indicated by a solid line in Fig. 4, drops to a voltage potential indicated by a broken line in Fig. 4. As a result, the level of average voltage -Vcll decreases, with its voltage level approaching from a straight solid line to a straight is broken line. The level of voltage Tics across the S distortion correcting capacitor decreases as given by Vcs = E - (- "Tcll). In turn, the amount of horizontal deflection current iy also decreases. When the amount of discharge current iT) is reduced, the level of voltage -Vcll becomes large and then voltage Vcs become large, thereby causing the amount of horizontal deflection current iY to increase.

At the end of the scanning period, the energy stored in coil Ly is transferred to resonant capacitor Cr. A positive horizontal pulse appears either at one end of capacitor Cr, or at node P2. The pulse voltage shown in Fig. 5A appears at node P1, which is placed at the voltage across capacitor C11. Since the pulse voltage, which has a fixed duration of the peak appearing across capacitor Cr, is applied to the primary coil of flyback transformer T2, a high voltage across the secondary coil of flyback transformer T2 can be kept constant.

When a negative pulse appearing at node P1 is integrated by a combination of coil L11 and capacitor C12, the average value as a negative voltage appears across capacitor C12. This voltage is modulated by modulating source ri into a parabolic wave signal. This parabolic wave signal is a negative voltage, as indi cated by Vm in Fig. 5B. The sum of power source voltage E and that voltage Vm appears across S-distortion cor is recting capacitor Cs. This voltage Vs supplies power to deflecting coil Ly, so that a signal of a parabolic modulated waveform as shown in Fig. 6 appears across the horizontal deflecting coil. As a result, the pincushion distortion is corrected.

As seen from the foregoing, the amount of the discharge current iD across capacitor C11 is varied by modulating source M, so as to vary the amount of horizontal deflecting current iY at the vertical scanning periods in a parabolic fashion, thereby correcting the pincushion distortion.

Since the horizontal output circuit according to this invention does not use the distortion correcting i i i i 1 1 17 - transformer, unlike in the prior art circuit, it is free from high voltage ripple problems and raster distortion problems caused by saturation of the transformer. Further, it never suffers from the inversed trapezoidal distortion due to the discontinuous phenomenon, which is essential to the circuit of Fig. 1. The reason for this follows. As the result of increasing the secondary side load of flyback transformer T2, the amount of current iin flowing into the primary coi.1 increases. In turn, the voltage -Vcll across capacitor C11 increases proportional to the current iin. In this case, a variation of the average voltage --7c11 bar acts so as t--) cancel the raster distortion. When the rectangular wave signal of white is received, the high voltage drops to cause a pincushion distortion on the CRT screen. At this time, the voltage -Vcll across capacitor C11 becomes small, and the voltage Vcs across the S-distortion correcting capacitor Cs drops. Then, the horizontal deflecting current iy decreases, and the trapezoidal distortion is also reduced.

Accordihg to the invention diode Dll is connected between transistor Tr and the earth point, with its anode coupled to the emitter of transistor Tr and its cathode coupled to the earth point. Therefore, diode Dll is turned on regardless of the timing of supplying the on-pulse (Fig. 2B) to the base of transistor Tr, even if a white video signal of a square waveform is is supplied to transistor Tr, thus increasing the DC current iin flowing through the primary winding of flyback transformer T2. The white video signal will have no distorted waveform (i.e., an inverted trapezoid) when it is-at a level higher than a predetermined value.

Another prior art circuit having no correcting transformer, which is shown in Fig. 1, is so designed that coil Ll and second resonant circuit Cr' in the second circuitry form a parallel resonant circuit, and to resemble this resonance to that of the second cir cuitry, the constants of these circuitries must be selected to be Ly x Cr = Ll x Cr'. In connection with this, in the Fig. 3 circuit, coil L11 is used merely for a smoothing capacitor. Therefore, selection of is the constant of the inductive element is easy.

In the Fig. 1 circuit, when a brightness on the CRT varies. the high voltage current varies and the high voltage also changes. Therefore, the horizontal voltage amplitude varies. On the other hand, in the horizontal output circuit according to this invention, the variation problem arising from the same almost solved. The reason for this will be At the end of the scanning period, the cause can be described. energy stored in deflecting coil Ly is transferred to the resonant capacitor in the form of current iy 1. The energy stored in the primary coil of flyback transformer T2 is transferred to the resonant capacitor in the form of the 19 sum current ip + iin.

When the CRT screen becomes dark and the highvoltage current in the secondary coil of flyback transformer T2 decreases, the sum current ip + iin in the primary coil also decreases, so that the current flowing through capacitor C11 increases. Therefore, a pulse appearing at node P1 becomes large, and with increase of the pulse the voltage Vm across capacitor C12 also becomes large. Thus, when the CRT screen is dark, the voltage across S-distortion correcting capacitor Cs increases, the high voltage rises, and the horizontal voltage amplitude will decrease.. At this time, however, the deflecting coil current increases, to increase the horizontal voltage amplitude. In this way, even if the is brightness on the screen varies, the horizontal voltage amplitude is kept almost constant.

The second and third embodiments of this invention will be described, placing emphasis on the circuit arrangements thereof. The operation of each of these embodiments is similar to that of the first embodiment as mentioned above, and hence the description of it will be omitted.

As shown in Fig. 7, in horizontal output circuit 32', the primary coil of drive transformer Tl is connected to horizontal drive circuit 30. A drive pulse signal at the horizontal scanning periods is derived from drive transformer T1, and applied to the base of 1 i 1 1 horizontal output transistor Tr. The collector-emitter path of transistor Tr (the path between nodes P1 and P2) is connected in parallel with a series circuit including resonant capacitor Crl, damper diode Dd connected with the polarity as shown, horizontal deflecting coil Ly, and S-distortion correcting capacitor Cs. The collector of transistor Tr is connected to a parallel circuit made up of DC power source E and decoupling capacitor C13, through the primary coil (or choke coil) of flyback transformer T2. A parallel circuit including diode Dll and capacitor C11 is connected between the emitter of transistor Tr (node P1) and the earth point (reference potential point). Diode Dll is connected at the cathode to the earth point, and therefore is connected to the damper diode Dd in a back-to-back fashion. A second resonant capacitor Cr2 is connected between the collector (node P2) of transistor Tr and the earth point. h series circuit including smoothing coil-L11 and smoothing capacitor,C12 is connected across capaci- tor C11. Modulating source TI is connected across smoothing capacitor C12. Modulating source 1,1 receives a parabolic wave signal from the vertical output stage, and supplies it to the base of transistor Tr' via drive stage Drl. The collector of transistor Tr' is connected to the node of coil L11 and capacitor C12. The emitter of the transistor is connected to the earth point. The secondary coil of flyback transformer T2 is connected to i 1 1 1 the anode of color picture tube 22. This connection is the same as in the first embodiment.

Turning now to Fig. 8, there is shown a third embodiment of this invention. As shownr in horizontal output circuit 32", the primary coil of drive transformer Tl is connected to horizontal drive circuit 30.. This is like those of the first and second embodiments. The drive pulse signal at the horizontal periods is derived from drive transformer T1, and is-applied to the base of horizontal output transistor Tr. The collector of transistor Tr is connected to capacitor Cr and diode Dd. The diode Dd is connected with the polarity as shown. The emitter-collector path of transistor Tr (between nodes P1 and P2) is

connected in parallel with a series is circuit made up of horizontal deflecting coil Ly and Sdistortion correcting capacitor Cs. The collector of transistor Tr is connected to a parallel circuit made up of DC power source E and decoupling capacitor C13 for power source, through the primary coil (or choke coil) of flyback transformer T2. A parallel circuit including, diode Dll and capacitor C11 is connected between the emitter of transistor Tr (node P1) and the earth point. Diode Dll is connected at the cathode to the earth point, and is connected to the damper diode Dd in a back-to-bac'i-, fashion. A second resonant capacitor Cr2 is connected between the collector (node P2) of transistor Tr and the earth point. A series circuit 22 including smoothing coil L11 and smoothing capacitor C12 is connected across capacitor C11. Modulating source M is connected across smoothing capacitor C12. Modulating source M receives a parabolic wave signal from the vertical output stage, and supplies it to the base of transistor Tr' via drive stage Dr'. The collector of transistor Tr' is connected to the node of coil L11 and capacitor C12. The emitter of the transistor is connected to the earth point. The secondary coil of flyback transformer T2 is connected to the anode of color picture tube 22. This connection is the same as in the first and second embodiments.

ks seen from the foregoing, in the horizontal out- put circuit according to this invention, the modulated is voltage of the parabolic wave varies in the negative domain. Therefore, the circuit is able to correct the pincushion distortion, and is free from any type of pi ture distortion.

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Claims (13)

Claims:

1. k horizontal outT)ut circuit to be used with a television receiver, comprising:

a horizontal output transistor having a base, an emitter, and a collector, the base being coupled for reception of a drive pulse signal having negative peaks recurring at the horizontal scanning periods, and the collector being coupled through a first choke coil to a DC power source; a first series circuit coupled between the collec- tor and the emitter of said horizontal output transistor, said first series circuit including a first coil and a first capacitor; a first parallel circuit coupled between the collector and the emitter of said horizontal output transistor, said first parallel circuit being a second series circuit including a first rectifying element and a second capacitor; a second parallel circuit coupled between the emitter of said horizontal output transistor and a reference potential point, said second parallel circuit including a second rectifying element and a third capacitor, and said second rectifying element being coupled back-to-back with said first rectifying element; smoothing circuit coupled across said third capaci tor of said second parallel circuit, said smoothing circuit including a second choke coil and a fourth - 24 0 capacitor; and modulating means coupled in paralle,l with said fourth capacitor of said smoothing circuit.

2. A circuit according to claim 1, wherein said first- choke coil is a horizontal deflection coil, and said first capacitor is an S-distortion correcting capacitor.

3. A circuit according claim 1, wherein said first rectifying ele-nent is a damper diode connected at the anode to the emitter of said horizontal output tran and at the cathode to the collector of said hori- is sistor zontal output transistor, and said second rectifying element is a diode connected at the anode to the emitter of said horizontal output transistor and at the cathode to the referende potential point.

4. A circuit according to claim 1, wherein said second capacitor is a resonant capacitor.

5. A circuit according to claim 1, wherein said modulating means includes drive means for supplying a signal output from vertical output means to said fourth capacitor, and a second transistor having a base, a collector, and a emitter, the base being connected to said drive means, the emitter being connected to the reference potential point, and the collector being con- nected between said second choke coil and said fourth capacitor.

6. A circuit according to claim 1, further t 1 1 1 1 i j i I 1 comprising a fifth capacitor coupled between the collector of said horizontal output transistor and the reference potential point.

7. A circuit according to claim 1, wherein said fifth capacitor is a resonant capacitor.

8. A horizontal output circuit to be used with a television receiver, comprising:

a horizontal output transistor having a base, an emitter, and a collector, the base being coupled for reception of a drive pulse signal having negative peaks recurring at the horizontal scanning periods, and the collector being coupled through a first choke coil to a DC power source; a series circuit coupled between the collector and the emitter of said horizontal output transistor, said series circuit being a series circuit including a first coil and a first capacitor; a first parallel circuit coupled between the collector of said horizontal output transistor and a reference potential point, said first parallel circuit including a first rectifying element and a second capacitor; a second parallel circuit coupled between the emitter of said horizontal output transistor and the reference potential point, said second parallel circuit including a second rectifying element and a third capacitor, and said second rectifying element being coupled k i - 26 back-to-back with said first rectifying element; a smoothing circuit coupled across said third capacitor of said second parallel circuit, said smoothing circuit including a second choke coil and a fourth capa- citor; and modulating means coupled in parallel with said fourth capacitor of said smoothing circuit.

9. A circuit according to claim 8, wherein said first choke coil is a horizontal deflection coil, and said first capacitor is an S-distortion correcting capacitor.

10. A circuit according claim 8, wherein said first rectifying element is a damper diode connected at the anode the reference potential point and at the cathode to the collector of said horizontal output transistor, and said second rectifying element is a diode connected at the anode to the emitter of said horizontal output transistor and at the cathode to the reference potential point.

11. A circuit according to claim 8, wherein said second capacitor is a resonant capacitor.

12. A circuit according to claim 8, wherein said modulating means includes drive means for supplying a signal output from said vertical output means to said fourth capacitor, and a second transistor having a base, collector and emitter, the base being connected to said drive means, the emitter being connected to the 1 27 - reference potential point, and the collector being conno--ted between said second choke coil and said fourth capacitor.

13. A horizontal output circuit for television receiver, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 3 through 8.

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